emily_morg's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
heatherdanskin's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
torireadsnz's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
laflouder's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.25
saegelsomino's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What an absolutely gorgeous and heart wrenching story of love, loss, grief, friendship, and the pain of the American dream.
I loved both Salahudin and Noor, each for such different reasons. While Sal is initially a little emotionally stunted and is clearly struggling under the weight of the loss of his mother. He was struggling before her passing, but the fall out of losing her and the responsibilities that are thrust onto him quickly overwhelm him and watching him struggle and process and grieve is hard at times. I loved his growth arc though, it felt like it was authentic to both the story and to who he was as a character and didn’t reduce the severity of the situation he put himself in.
Noor, on the other hand, is so strong. She works so hard and never buckles, even under immeasurable weight. I loved seeing her grow and evolve and felt like every ounce of her rage was so potent and justified, it made her ultimate growth arc all the more satisfying because she had well and truly worked to earn every ounce of who she was.
I also thought this was such a realistic look into the fallacy of the American dream. For so many, it’s so hard to achieve that success that they dreamed for themselves. There are systemic and societal pressures and inequalities that inherently make it, at best, difficult and at worst, impossible to succeed. Seeing both Sal’s and Noor’s families, as well as their own personal struggles, feel like authentic representations of the struggles so many face.
I loved this book, and I couldn’t recommend the audio version enough. I loved that each character was read by a different actor and literally, I could not put this book down.
I loved both Salahudin and Noor, each for such different reasons. While Sal is initially a little emotionally stunted and is clearly struggling under the weight of the loss of his mother. He was struggling before her passing, but the fall out of losing her and the responsibilities that are thrust onto him quickly overwhelm him and watching him struggle and process and grieve is hard at times. I loved his growth arc though, it felt like it was authentic to both the story and to who he was as a character and didn’t reduce the severity of the situation he put himself in.
Noor, on the other hand, is so strong. She works so hard and never buckles, even under immeasurable weight. I loved seeing her grow and evolve and felt like every ounce of her rage was so potent and justified, it made her ultimate growth arc all the more satisfying because she had well and truly worked to earn every ounce of who she was.
I also thought this was such a realistic look into the fallacy of the American dream. For so many, it’s so hard to achieve that success that they dreamed for themselves. There are systemic and societal pressures and inequalities that inherently make it, at best, difficult and at worst, impossible to succeed. Seeing both Sal’s and Noor’s families, as well as their own personal struggles, feel like authentic representations of the struggles so many face.
I loved this book, and I couldn’t recommend the audio version enough. I loved that each character was read by a different actor and literally, I could not put this book down.
blueberryshake's review against another edition
5.0
Read this book 2 months ago and i'm still thinking about it daily! Within the first chapter, I knew it would be amazing, but I didnt think it would make me this happy, this angry or this nervous.
Time jumps were amazingly handled, the back and forth between two generations depicted different outlooks on friendship, family, racism and generational trauma.
Noor and Sallahuddin are the most precious two people, who have to deal with the most intense hardships as teenagers, I cant even say how much their friendship means to me without spoiling anything.
+ All my rage is Sabaa Tahir using her characters to give us the most amazing song/artist recommendations and for that alone, this book is a 5 star read.
TW: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, SA, Domestic Abuse, Racism, Grief
Time jumps were amazingly handled, the back and forth between two generations depicted different outlooks on friendship, family, racism and generational trauma.
Noor and Sallahuddin are the most precious two people, who have to deal with the most intense hardships as teenagers, I cant even say how much their friendship means to me without spoiling anything.
+ All my rage is Sabaa Tahir using her characters to give us the most amazing song/artist recommendations and for that alone, this book is a 5 star read.
TW: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, SA, Domestic Abuse, Racism, Grief
bookedbyruqs's review against another edition
5.0
This book took me through all the emotions and I don’t regret it one bit. It is a tough one. It’s a novel that absolutely requires the reader to be in the right kind of headspace in order to digest it.
Sabaa puts into words the way I think and feel. The way that grief, failure, love, struggle, and forgiveness are written in this book made me ACHE!! It is so heart-wrenching!!!
I found myself rooting and fighting for these characters from the first place to the last. It’s a YA story with adult themes and yet I think it should be taught in every high school in this country.
For me, all I could think about while reading this is just how much hurt people hurt other people. And the story for sure induced some rage in me.
All My Rage is a deep dive into grief, betrayal and forgiveness, loss, and of course, rage. It’s an assessment of hope. It’s a story with true roots of broken American dreams and hiding so deeply within yourself to protect your heart because you look different from your peers.
All My Rage is a devastatingly profound, emotionally moving story exploring the lives of three main characters and their interwoven journeys. It’s a story of forgiveness and heartache that focuses on a Pakistani community reeling from grief and destructive choices. Yet, it is a love story of two souls desperate to make sense of all the chaos around their broken worlds.
Plot:
Noor's entire family died in an earthquake in Pakistan. She was saved by her uncle, with whom she lives now in America and works in his liquor shop. She is good in academics, and is working hard to get into a good college, leave Juniper forever, and build up a career of her own so that she is no more indebted to her uncle. The sad part of the story is her uncle, who doesn't want her to get into college. He keeps tab on her every move. Hiding from him, Noor applies for colleges but has to give an interview from her bathroom so that her uncle doesn't get to know. Will she be able to free herself from this life? We shall see.
Misbah is Noor's aunt. Salahudin is Misbah aunty's son. Sal and Noor have been best friends since childhood. Sal is too dealing with his share of problems as we notice in the story. Misbah was the one I loved the most reading and knowing about. She is that one invisible thread of hope between Noor and Sal that keeps them going on with life. I really felt emotional for her. It was so disheartening to see her go through so many problems in her life with nobody to share her problems. Despite all that, she remains so strong, positive, and confident about her principles of life, and about humanity.
Characters:
Misbah, an immigrant, is struggling to run The Cloud's Rest Motel with her husband Taufiq, who happens to drink all the time. The entire business is on her shoulders. When she finds out she is ill, the pressures of the motel, her alcoholic husband, and other people's difficulties continue to plague her every waking hour.
Salahudin is the son of Misbah and Taufiq. He’s trying to fit in. It’s his last year of high school and he’s going to ride it out while staying ambiguous to the constraints of being different. When “Sal” gets involved with some dangerous work, he begins to feel the pressure of being discovered. The desire to keep the motel running and operating smoothly puts Sal under more fire.
Noor, an immigrant comes to America at the age of six. Fighting to find an ounce of semblance, Sal becomes her best friend, helping her navigate the chaos of being 'another'. If it wasn’t for her Uncle Riaz who dug her out from the rubble, Noor would have died along with her entire family during the earthquake in Pakistan. She should be so grateful to her Uncle Riaz, but his desire to give up his culture and religion puts pressure on Noor. He is mean-spirited and doesn’t want Noor to go on to college or have any future besides working at his liquor shop.
Through quiet moments of joy and suffering, the three characters are interconnected in this novel that exquisitely tells a story of truth and forgiveness.
Told from the first person's POV, the story has three POVs. We, as humans, are very vulnerable to situations. All My Rage tells us the deep and harsh reality of myths that we are surrounded by. Girls are trained to behave like flowers, their education was thrown out to the air, career objectives get shuffled, and priorities are shifted towards the male gender. I knew this because I spent a lot of my childhood among people with these perceptions towards life.
Misbah is not going to let this thing happen. And she is not going to leave her children unattended. Sabaa Tahir has done an exceptional job of bringing to life the words and emotions that one can only feel. All My Rage is the story of life, friendship, love, pain, and suffering. The way emotions were put into words is a commendable effort by Sabaa Tahir.
I fell in love with the characters from the very start; the story touched my heart in so many ways.
Sabaa Tahir wrote about grief, what it’s like to be hopeless and lost, to survive in a place that just wants to bring you down, and to love so deeply that I was able to feel it coming off the pages. She wrote about three kinds of love: family love, friendship love and romantic love and she did all that so beautifully that I just wanted to be a part of it all.
Sabaa’s writing style fits the story so well. We had 3 POVS:
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Sabaa puts into words the way I think and feel. The way that grief, failure, love, struggle, and forgiveness are written in this book made me ACHE!! It is so heart-wrenching!!!
I found myself rooting and fighting for these characters from the first place to the last. It’s a YA story with adult themes and yet I think it should be taught in every high school in this country.
For me, all I could think about while reading this is just how much hurt people hurt other people. And the story for sure induced some rage in me.
All My Rage is a deep dive into grief, betrayal and forgiveness, loss, and of course, rage. It’s an assessment of hope. It’s a story with true roots of broken American dreams and hiding so deeply within yourself to protect your heart because you look different from your peers.
All My Rage is a devastatingly profound, emotionally moving story exploring the lives of three main characters and their interwoven journeys. It’s a story of forgiveness and heartache that focuses on a Pakistani community reeling from grief and destructive choices. Yet, it is a love story of two souls desperate to make sense of all the chaos around their broken worlds.
Plot:
Noor's entire family died in an earthquake in Pakistan. She was saved by her uncle, with whom she lives now in America and works in his liquor shop. She is good in academics, and is working hard to get into a good college, leave Juniper forever, and build up a career of her own so that she is no more indebted to her uncle. The sad part of the story is her uncle, who doesn't want her to get into college. He keeps tab on her every move. Hiding from him, Noor applies for colleges but has to give an interview from her bathroom so that her uncle doesn't get to know. Will she be able to free herself from this life? We shall see.
Misbah is Noor's aunt. Salahudin is Misbah aunty's son. Sal and Noor have been best friends since childhood. Sal is too dealing with his share of problems as we notice in the story. Misbah was the one I loved the most reading and knowing about. She is that one invisible thread of hope between Noor and Sal that keeps them going on with life. I really felt emotional for her. It was so disheartening to see her go through so many problems in her life with nobody to share her problems. Despite all that, she remains so strong, positive, and confident about her principles of life, and about humanity.
Characters:
Misbah, an immigrant, is struggling to run The Cloud's Rest Motel with her husband Taufiq, who happens to drink all the time. The entire business is on her shoulders. When she finds out she is ill, the pressures of the motel, her alcoholic husband, and other people's difficulties continue to plague her every waking hour.
Salahudin is the son of Misbah and Taufiq. He’s trying to fit in. It’s his last year of high school and he’s going to ride it out while staying ambiguous to the constraints of being different. When “Sal” gets involved with some dangerous work, he begins to feel the pressure of being discovered. The desire to keep the motel running and operating smoothly puts Sal under more fire.
Noor, an immigrant comes to America at the age of six. Fighting to find an ounce of semblance, Sal becomes her best friend, helping her navigate the chaos of being 'another'. If it wasn’t for her Uncle Riaz who dug her out from the rubble, Noor would have died along with her entire family during the earthquake in Pakistan. She should be so grateful to her Uncle Riaz, but his desire to give up his culture and religion puts pressure on Noor. He is mean-spirited and doesn’t want Noor to go on to college or have any future besides working at his liquor shop.
Through quiet moments of joy and suffering, the three characters are interconnected in this novel that exquisitely tells a story of truth and forgiveness.
Told from the first person's POV, the story has three POVs. We, as humans, are very vulnerable to situations. All My Rage tells us the deep and harsh reality of myths that we are surrounded by. Girls are trained to behave like flowers, their education was thrown out to the air, career objectives get shuffled, and priorities are shifted towards the male gender. I knew this because I spent a lot of my childhood among people with these perceptions towards life.
Misbah is not going to let this thing happen. And she is not going to leave her children unattended. Sabaa Tahir has done an exceptional job of bringing to life the words and emotions that one can only feel. All My Rage is the story of life, friendship, love, pain, and suffering. The way emotions were put into words is a commendable effort by Sabaa Tahir.
I fell in love with the characters from the very start; the story touched my heart in so many ways.
Sabaa Tahir wrote about grief, what it’s like to be hopeless and lost, to survive in a place that just wants to bring you down, and to love so deeply that I was able to feel it coming off the pages. She wrote about three kinds of love: family love, friendship love and romantic love and she did all that so beautifully that I just wanted to be a part of it all.
Sabaa’s writing style fits the story so well. We had 3 POVS:
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diananoriega's review against another edition
5.0
This book cracked me open. I do not think I have ever cried as much reading a book as I did with this one. I love these characters, I rooted for them and their relationship from beginning to end, I felt all their fear, heartbreak and hope and I wanted to quit reading many times throughout just to stop their struggle. I am happy I did not stop, the ending and the message is absolutely worth it.
Stories have the power to change us ,and as I sit in my room feeling raw from all the emotions this book put me through, I know that i am changed after reading it and I will never forget this story.
Thank you Sabaa Tahir for your stories and your strength and magic, what an amazing Kehanni you are.
“In this moment, I wish I were a poet. Not to speak of beauty. But to speak of pain.”
“She was not of my body or my blood, this child. But she was of my soul”
“Bear witness, then, to the beauty of each other’s lives. Bear witness and burn bright as one”
Stories have the power to change us ,and as I sit in my room feeling raw from all the emotions this book put me through, I know that i am changed after reading it and I will never forget this story.
Thank you Sabaa Tahir for your stories and your strength and magic, what an amazing Kehanni you are.
“In this moment, I wish I were a poet. Not to speak of beauty. But to speak of pain.”
“She was not of my body or my blood, this child. But she was of my soul”
“Bear witness, then, to the beauty of each other’s lives. Bear witness and burn bright as one”
lana_denise's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0